brewtooL You now can seat at the front of the class.
When we first disconnect the rear shocks, the can went down by about 3/4in. But we should have moved the car forward/backward for the suspension to set down to its normal level....which we did not do.
With the new (corect) shocks, the car now sits about 3in. lower than it did with the wrong shocks on.
According the the Benz dealer, it now sits 1/2in lower than the original specs, most likely due to some coil sping sagging (after 14 years and 300K.) wich is totally normal.
It was nice to have a mechanic that really wanted to fix the problem and a dealer that recognized their error (and paid for it)without having to fight a 3rd world war.
JackD